Here’s my Tyee reality check “Mad Men are always election winners” about the ad industry’s relationship with the government and the ruling party. The Vancouver ad industry is reliant on government contracts, because it lacks the quantity of private sector corporate head offices that Toronto and Calgary boast. The government spent $36.4 million during the year leading up to the election. The re-elected Liberals would say it was money well-spent. Taxpayers? Not so much.

Now you know a little more about a photograph on the government website.